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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| pretense | x/ | Noun, Noun |
| pretext | /x | Noun, Noun |
| pretending | x/x | Noun, Noun, Verb |
| feigning | /x | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| pretension | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| simulation | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| guise | / | Noun, Noun |
| semblance | /x | Noun |
| false | / | Adjective |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| disguise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| presumption | x/x | Noun |
| charade | x/ | Noun |
| dissimulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| imposture | x/x | Noun |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| ruse | / | Noun |
| scorning | /x | Verb |
| ostentation | xx/x | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| subterfuge | /xx | Noun |
| virtue | /x | Noun |
| phoney | /x | Noun |
| insistence | x/x | Noun |
| propriety | x/xx | Noun |
| suspecting | x/x | Verb |
| supposition | xx/x | Noun |
| scruple | /x | Noun |
| believing | x/x | Verb |
| insincerity | xx/xx | Noun |
| posturing | /xx | Noun |
| delusion | x/x | Noun |
| without | x/ | Adverb |
| rigour | // | Noun |
| denying | x/x | Verb |
| disregarding | xx/x | Verb |
| abandoning | x/xx | Verb |
| mockery | /xx | Noun |
| protestation | xx/x | Noun |
| falsity | /xx | Noun |
| artificiality | xx/xxx | Noun |
| unanimity | xx/xx | Noun |
| facade | x/ | Noun |
| avowal | x/x | Noun |
| sincerity | x/xx | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| objectivity | xx/xx | Noun |
| concealing | x/x | Verb |
| respecting | x/x | Verb |
| fancying | /xx | Verb |
| formality | x/xx | Noun |
| renouncing | x/x | Verb |
| duplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| compunction | x/x | Noun |
| connivance | x/x | Noun |
| precondition | xx/x | Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| impertinence | x/xx | Noun |
| fact | / | Noun |
| disinterestedness | x/xxx | Noun |
| contriving | x/x | Noun |
| bluster | /x | Noun |
| betraying | x/x | Verb |
| supposing | x/x | Verb |
| contrivance | x/x | Noun |
| piety | /xx | Noun |
| politeness | x/x | Noun |
| deceit | x/ | Noun |
| indifference | x/xx | Noun |
| relation | x/x | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| factitious | x/x | Adjective |
| insinuation | xxx/x | Noun |
| endeavouring | x/xx | Verb |
| acquiescence | xx/x | Noun |
| seeming | /x | Verb |
| plausibility | xx/xx | Noun |
| truthfulness | /xx | Noun |
| rationality | xx/xx | Noun |
| partiality | xx/xx | Noun |
| hypocrisy | x/xx | Noun |
| accuse | x/ | Verb |
| probity | /xx | Noun |
| sophistry | x/x | Noun |
| phony | /x | Noun |
| unreality | xx/xx | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| magnanimity | /x/xx | Noun |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective |
| earnestness | /xx | Noun |
| reproaching | x/x | Verb |
| mystification | /xx/x | Noun |
| forsaking | x/x | Verb |
| coquetry | /xx | Noun |
| instigation | xx/x | Noun |
| resorting | x/x | Verb |
| complicity | x/xx | Noun |
| misbehaviour | xx/x | Noun |
| moulding | /x | Noun |
| behaviour | x/x | Noun |
| misapprehension | xxx/x | Noun |
| confusion | x/x | Noun |
| indisposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| hypocritical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| humbug | /x | Noun |
| affectation | xx/x | Noun |
| impartiality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| hollowness | /xx | Noun |
| equivocation | xxx/x | Noun |
| finality | x/xx | Noun |
| forfeiture | /xx | Noun |
| prerogative | x/xx | Noun |
| frivolous | /xx | Adjective |
| vain | / | Adjective |
| felicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| impudent | x/x | Adjective |
| legality | x/xx | Noun |
| honouring | /xx | Verb |
| neutrality | x/xx | Noun |
| deception | x/x | Noun |
| flimsy | /x | Adjective |
| completeness | x/x | Noun |
| infallibility | xxx/xx | Noun |
| paltry | /x | Adjective |
| civility | x/xx | Noun |
| alibi | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| appearance | x/x | Noun |
| aspiration | xx/x | Noun |
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloak | / | Noun, Verb |
| contention | x/x | Noun |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| desire | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| doubt | / | Noun, Verb |
| encroachment | x/x | Noun |
| excuse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| farce | / | Noun, Verb |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| hope | / | Noun, Verb |
| intention | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| mannerism | /xxx | Noun |
| masquerade | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| mom | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| myth | / | Noun |
| pose | / | Verb, Noun |
| prospect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shew | / | Verb, Noun |
| show | / | Verb, Noun |
| travesty | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| usurpation | xx/x | Noun |
| veneer | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
